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• • All current MMOs should be banned and Oblivion-FCOM made mandatory gaming

  • Originally posted by Rollotamasi
    

    While I think the last 2 elder scrolls games are pretty good one thing kept me from REALLY enjoying them.  I found the combat mind numblingly boring,

    LOL, that's because RPG combat blows.

  • Posted: 11/20/08 7:26 PM
    General Discussion
• • Leveling: Do your chores before you play.

  • Originally posted by Loke666
    

    So why is D&D the only system we see in online games?

     

    That's easy.  Because it's the easiest system for devs to use and the most proven when it comes to keeping sheep, I mean players, on the hook to milk them for maximum profit.

    If 99.9% of MMOs were made into single player games they could be laughed into oblivion for being such piles of sh*t yet somehow trudging through that same horrible and worthless treadmill with other people makes it worthwhile for most "MMOers."

    It's pathetic, IMO.

  • Posted: 11/19/08 5:42 PM
    General Discussion
• • If you like Tabula Rasa...

  • Originally posted by indiramourn
    

    Originally posted by lkavadas
    

    I'm currently playing CoX and once you select your secondary and primary powersets that's it. 

    You must be new to CoX then if you think that claim makes any sense.  You continue to pick new powers from your Primary and Secondary power pools all the way to 49.  You can select up to 4 other power pools and pick and choose powers from those.  And around level 40 you get to choose an Epic power pool. 

    Comparing the limited power choices available in TR with the almost endless choices available to CoX is disingenuous.  In fact, you do get your last power choice in TR at 30.  "Pumping" a power from 30 to 50 is like getting nothing but the option to add enhancement slots to your powers after you reach 30 in CoX.  That would be very boring.  Having no new powers to look forward to once you reach 30 in TR is a major downside of the game.
     

     

    Way to miss my point.  Answer these simple questions for me.

    1. CoX: The list of powers you see when you create your toon; are they not the exact same list of powers you see once you make your very last power when you're 49?

    I'll go ahead and answer that question for you: yes (exceptions being VEATs and Khelds).

    2. TR: The list of powers you see when you create your toon; are they different than the powers you see when your attain last skill points at level 50?

    I'll go ahead and answer that one for you too: no.

    Do you understand the point I'm making?  While no new powers technically "unlock" to you post 30 you can still pick and enhance as many skills as you have points for as opposed to CoX's wretched and rigid AT structure where you stare at a completely unchanging list for the entire life of the toon aside from secondary stuff in the general pools (most of which are either terrible or just various flavors of transportation).  You can do more than just "pump" your existing powers from level 30 and beyond.  You can use those skill points to select any power you don't already have as well.

    Ugh, y'know what, I've typed too much already.  Your a moron, please stop talking, and this is my last post on a board for one of the worst MMOs ever made that will inevitbaly be shut down in less than a year.

    Have fun while it lasts, dingus.

    Edit: Furthermore CoX is a terrible game that is only propped up by it's unique theme.  It's combat system sucks, the missions suck, the AT system sucks, the PvP system sucks, there is absolutely no crafting (TR's original crafting system was more in depth than CoX's and that's embarassing), no type of actual player possessions, and the IO system is completely lackluster.

  • Posted: 11/19/08 4:16 PM
    Tabula Rasa
• • Poll: What game do you plan on playing in December

  • Earthrise Beta

  • Posted: 11/19/08 3:44 PM
    General Discussion
• • If you like Tabula Rasa...

  • Originally posted by Rokurgepta 

    Did not mean to come across that way at all. But at level 30 you get you last skills. Can they be enhanced the rest of the way? Yes they can. Does that make them so different you feel like 30-50 was worthwhile? Not in my opinion.

     

    Heh, and this response implies that all you can do between 30 and 50 is pump skills which have already been earned.  You still have to select the skills you want from the pool you've unlocked at level 30.  I'm not sure why you're acting like level 30 unlocking your final pool of skills is some horrible sin.  In most class based MMOs the pool of skills you see at level 1 is the same pool of skills you see at the very last level.  TR at least provided decent sense of skill progression even though overall there was a general lack of skills.

    Grinding levels beyond 30 wasn't pointless because there weren't more skills to unlock; it was pointless because nothing worthwhile awaited you.

  • Posted: 11/19/08 2:16 AM
    Tabula Rasa